chumley wrote:Wreck.gov

Parapraxis?

Hear the not-so-elegant call of the recently renamed elegant trogon.


https://tucson.com/news/local/video_d03 ... the-latest

tibber wrote:thot

That's not very nice.

chumley wrote:No idea how this news item escaped Pivo's feed algorithm,

It didn't escape me Faithful reader.

@TooOld2Hike_EP
I am not Bio-mechanically efficient, and struggled with knee, hip and foot pain, until I started using a Birkenstock Sport insert in my hiking footwear. I use them now in any footwear I now wear.

At first, I thought this was a goof. Durango has a bear problem this summer, but nothing like this. With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the military to one badly hit area to set traps. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/wo...

LindaAnn wrote:I wouldn’t hike more than a mile without a decent insole

I unfortunately forget my insoles, and did R2R; I was sure that I would end up with a sore knee or hip. Fortunately I was fine. Yet, still I don't want to do that again.

After watching this I want to go for the Winter Solstice. Better watch this soon, before their funding expires.

https://www.pbs.org/show/mystery-chaco-canyon/

After 31 days and 72 summits, Mr. Jornet’s objectively absurd project was complete. He covered 629 miles on foot and biked an additional 2,568 miles, which outdistanced this year’s Tour de France by more than 400 miles. And he did all that while amassing 403,691 feet of elevation gain. https://www.n...

New Yorkers Are Losing Their Favorite Bathroom: REI- “Where am I gonna pee?”

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/new-yorke ... _permalink

This is the Third Generation tracker, I upgraded to the 3+. It works perfectly, you will however need a strap, subscription and more importantly the charger/base station.
Link to their website: https://tryfi.com/

It can be picked up in Aztec, NM or I will ship it for ten dollars.

Romtec, an American manufacturer of vault toilets, has answers to these compelling questions.
Does putting the toilet seat down help with keeping the ventilation outside?
Is it better to keep the door shut or open?

https://www.abqjournal.com/lifestyle/ar ... a30ce.html

Mistakes were made.
https://www.vaildaily.com/news/left-beh ... ilderness/

SpiderLegs wrote:bear mitigation

Is code for termination. The USFS and the Arizona Game and Fish Department are not risking another possible bear attack in the region after the Anna Knochel attack in 1996 in the Santa Catalina Mountains.

@Jim
Durango has a bear problem this summer, due to lack of rain.

Erik Westover’s garage-turned-workshop is something out of a science-fiction movie. It was in this shop that Westover, an engineer and former member of La Plata County Search and Rescue, created the Levitator – a specialized gurney for backcountry search and rescue extractions. https://www.durangohe...

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has revealed the key factors that determine where trees can grow at the highest elevations across the globe. By compiling the most comprehensive dataset of alpine treelines to date, more than 2,000 records worldwide, the...

The Trump administration’s overhaul of the Department of Commerce may threaten the annual economic analysis of the outdoor recreation economy.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/08/19/outd ... on-growth/

Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks saw a slight increase in foot traffic for the first time since the pandemic drove record-high visitation to the mountains, according to hiker use estimates published this week.

https://www.summitdaily.com/news/colora ... ng-report/